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In hat tip to runway show's first year, Formentera's Passarel·la returns to Sant Francesc
This morning in Sant Francesc, CiF secretary of land, tourism and trade Alejandra Ferrer was joined by a group of designers including Elena Hurtado of Obi, Mathilde Rouanet of B7& Acho, Enric Majoral, and José Marcos Garzón of Ishvara, for a presentation of Formentera's eleventh Passarel·la de Moda. Organisers' pick of Sant Francesc to stage the morning presentation was no accident: the catchphrase chosen for this year's ...
Formentera Council raises €7k to help local businesses train staff and seek consulting services
Two Formentera Council officials —administration chief Jaume Ferrer and Alejandra Ferrer, the local secretary of land, tourism and trade— sat down today with Eivissa-Formentera chamber of commerce president Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas to formalise a deal to unlock training and consulting services for the local business community. Under the agreement, the Council pledges €7,000 to fund training programmes between January and ...
Formentera renews commitment to scientific research
The departments of culture and patrimony of the Formentera Council announce a call for applicants for the administration's 2018 research grant. As in years past, the winning arts, humanities or social science project will be picked through a process of selective review and receive €6,000 in funding. On Saturday June 16, the announcement was published along with terms and conditions on the Balearic Islands' official gazette, B...
Formentera, proud to fight for equality
Vanessa Parellada, the head of social welfare, sat down today with department specialist Azuzena Carrasco to talk about the Council's activities programme for the upcoming LGTBI pride celebrations on Thursday June 28. Parellada traced the decision to celebrate the day as a moment of reflection to the Stonewall riots that gripped New York City in 1969, calling it “a time to spotlight universal values like equality, respect, di...
Formentera Council revives regulated access at es Cap lighthouse
The Formentera Council's mobility department announces the Monday June 25 reactivation of a plan to limit car and motorcycle access to es Cap de Barbaria lighthouse. Tracing current plans to revive the apparatus to the success of last year's effort, secretary Rafael González said the setup was aimed at keeping crowds at the monument to a minimum and preserving a tranquil, natural setting. Restricted access to the monument, w...
In bid to stamp out cystic fibrosis, islanders start paddling
From Friday June 29 to Sunday July 1 and with backing from the Formentera Council, the island will host its nineteenth Swim Round Formentera to End Cystic Fibrosis. Over the years the event has become a something of a local fixture, stirring swimmers, experts and amateurs to come together to support sufferers of the illness. The “Volta a Formentera nedant contra la Fibrosis Quística”—or simply “la Volta”—is a non-competitive ...
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